Digital computer fundamentals

by Thomas C. Bartee

Digital Computer fundamental book

Genres: Computer Science

563 pages, Hardcover

First published February 1, 1960

Reviews

[Dorai Thodla · Rating 5 out of 5]

Sorry. This is not a book review. It is however, a snippet of a story of how this book had a profound influence on my career.

This is the book that changed my life and got me into computers. It is a long story and I will write it up in my blog.

- This is the book that got me interested in computers
- I read it almost cover to cover in a train journey from Bangalore to Chennai as a preparation for an interview
- With the knowledge and confidence I gained, I aced the interview and got one of the coolest industries in 1972 - Making digital computers
- My job was awesome - writing assembly language programs to test a digital computer, memory and all the peripherals.

I worked with some of the coolest people in the industry, people designing computers, memory management units, peripheral controllers and people writing operating systems, compilers and real time kernels.

That job and the next couple of jobs I took gave me the biggest high in my life. Now nearly 50 years later, I am still living off that high because everything that followed took me up a notch.

So Thomas Bartee and authors like you, keep doing the great work because you are not just writing books but changing lives!

[Jeet · Rating 5 out of 5]

nice one stuff...

[Prince Farooq]

good

[Cynbel · Rating 4 out of 5]

Though the book is pretty old, it's amazing how much information is still applicable, as the basic functions, architecture, and organization of computers hasn't really changed much. Considering magnetic core memory isn't used anymore this was probably the most interesting section for me and I was surprised to find out recently that someone had developed a small mag core memory shield for arduino, it would be interesting to see people replying historical tech in similar manners.

[Hassan]

nothing

[Raman Kumar · Rating 5 out of 5]

rAM

[Cynbel · Rating 4 out of 5]

Pretty much the same as the fourth edition, though magnetic core memories were removed and more information was given on keyboard I/O and interfacing.

[Parth]

i want to read

[Virender Chauhan]

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